Cooly vs. Coolly

Cooly vs. Coolly — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Cooly and Coolly

Coolynoun

an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer

Coollyadverb

In a cool, unpanicked or collected manner.

Coollyadverb

(dated) With calm impudence.

They walked in, not even wearing masks, and coolly robbed the bank of twelve thousand pounds.

Coollyadjective

(obsolete) coolish; somewhat cool in temperature

Coollyadverb

in a composed and unconcerned manner;

without more ado Barker borrowed a knife from his brigade Major and honed it on a carborundum stone as coolly as a butcher
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